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OSU’s Roe Wins Big 12 Women’s Performer of the Year
March 02, 2022 | Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State distance runner Taylor Roe was named Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Women's Performer of the Year, the conference announced Wednesday.
Roe, a 2021 Indoor All-American, earned the conference's most prestigious award after her commanding performance at the Big 12 Championships this past weekend in Ames, Iowa.
She dominated the rest of the competition, winning all three events she was entered in (Distance Medley Relay, Mile and 3,000 Meters).
Roe ran the opening 1,200-meter leg of the DMR and opened up a nine second lead over the rest of the field before handing off the baton. The Cowgirls would go on to win the race by six seconds in large part due to Roe's contribution on the opening leg.
The following day, Roe would run the Mile/3K double and did not disappoint.
She took the race out from the start in the women's mile and didn't look back, defeating Iowa State's Cailie Logue and West Virginia's Ceili McCabe by three and five seconds, respectively with her personal-best time of 4:33.56. Her time was the third-fastest mile behind Cowgirl legends Kaela Edwards and Natalja Piliusina.
Roe then continued her impressive weekend just a few hours later in the women's 3,000 Meter run. After settling into the race through the first 2,000 meters, Roe exploded into the lead and held off Logue in the final 100 meters to win her third conference title of the weekend.
"Taylor just had an incredible weekend," Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Dave Smith said following the Big 12 Championships. "Three championships this weekend… Coming off of a lifetime best in the DMR on her 1,200 Meter leg, winning the mile and then coming back and winning the 3K was incredible."
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Roe, a 2021 Indoor All-American, earned the conference's most prestigious award after her commanding performance at the Big 12 Championships this past weekend in Ames, Iowa.
She dominated the rest of the competition, winning all three events she was entered in (Distance Medley Relay, Mile and 3,000 Meters).
Roe ran the opening 1,200-meter leg of the DMR and opened up a nine second lead over the rest of the field before handing off the baton. The Cowgirls would go on to win the race by six seconds in large part due to Roe's contribution on the opening leg.
The following day, Roe would run the Mile/3K double and did not disappoint.
She took the race out from the start in the women's mile and didn't look back, defeating Iowa State's Cailie Logue and West Virginia's Ceili McCabe by three and five seconds, respectively with her personal-best time of 4:33.56. Her time was the third-fastest mile behind Cowgirl legends Kaela Edwards and Natalja Piliusina.
Roe then continued her impressive weekend just a few hours later in the women's 3,000 Meter run. After settling into the race through the first 2,000 meters, Roe exploded into the lead and held off Logue in the final 100 meters to win her third conference title of the weekend.
"Taylor just had an incredible weekend," Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Dave Smith said following the Big 12 Championships. "Three championships this weekend… Coming off of a lifetime best in the DMR on her 1,200 Meter leg, winning the mile and then coming back and winning the 3K was incredible."
For more information on the Cowboys and Cowgirls, continue to check back with okstate.com.
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